Ohio Senate Approves Inheritance Tax Cut Amid Tension
In Columbus the Ohio Senate votes to cut inheritance taxes by about 1 percent annually, boosting exemptions from 5000 to 10000 for widows and children and from 3500 to 7500 for widows or parents. House battles reflect Democratic rifts over pari mutuel betting tax and utility rate reform, with Speaker Lantz threatening to replace two committee members.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Ed Witmer
Stark
Senate
Ohio
of Solidarity
House
Michael V. DiSalle
Elections and Federal Relations Committee
Committee
James A. Lantz
Fairfield
Thomas L. Thomas
Summit
Richard C. Malone
Senate panel backs shift to gross weight tax for trucks
The Senate State Government Committee voted 4 to 2 to replace the axle mile tax with a gross weight tax on trucks 7000 pounds and up. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Charles J. Carney, would set minimum 24 and maximum 25 dollars, exclude out of state trucks, and affect many trucks used by department stores dairies and bakeries.
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Columbus
Senate State Government Committee
Senate
Charles J. Carney
Dmahoning
Vanadium Plans Health Tests For Plant Workers
Vanadium Corp of America at Graham Station West Virginia will have Holzer Clinic examinations for nearly 400 workers starting May 11 for two weeks. Kettering Laboratory Cincinnati will study results. exams follow a February survey that questioned respiratory illnesses and silicosis risk. Results go to workers’ doctors. participation invited and histories compiled by Kettering nurses.
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Vanadium Corp. of America
Graham Station
W. Va
Holzer Clinic of
Gallipolis
S. F. Isler
Holzer Clinic
Kettering Laboratory of
Cincinnati
Kettering
Cians
Isser
Holzer
Isler
Invaders Demand Safe Return Before Surrender
Cuban invaders in Panama say they will surrender only if immediately returned to Cuba and not punished. President de la Guardia’s govt refuses to promise more than nonlethal treatment, awaiting guidance from five Latin American ambassadors serving as OAS inspectors. Panama’s National Guards, about 3000 strong, hold strategic points and await orders as two more invasion ships approach with up to 300 men.
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Panama
Cuba
Ernesto de la Guardia
Organization of American States
de la Guardia
Jose Bazan
Revenooer Faces Hard Times in West Virginia Hills
Huntington reports agent Merlin Mitton was bitten on the nose and back during a moonshine arrest attempt. The nose needed 17 stitches. A federal grand jury indicted Harry Johnson of Logan County for assaulting a federal officer and hindering duties.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Merlin Mitton
Harry Johnson
Logan County
NBC Strike Continues As Talks Fail In New York
A labor dispute persists as 1500 NBC technicians strike against the National Broadcasting Co in New York with no agreement in sight and continued work stoppage.
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NBC
New York
National Broadcasting Co
Little Richard the coon hound rescued after six days
Six days after getting wedged in a sandstone crevice near Owasso Oklahoma the coon hound Little Richard was reached by Don Dillard a junior at Owasso High School. Tulsa veterinarian Dr James H Collins said the dog could be kept alive. Volunteers used air hammers drills and dynamite to widen the entrance for rescue.
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Owasso
Okla
Little Richard
Don Dillard
James H. Collins
Tulsa
President backs Luce despite row with Morse
President Eisenhower said Mrs Clare Boothe Luce remains useful as ambassador to Brazil after a heated clash with Senator Morse. The Senate approved her 79 to 11 for confirmation amid Democratic doubts. Luce’s husband urged resignation. Ike avoided endorsing resignation and said no major impairment to her usefulness.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Clare Boothe Luce
Brazil
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Luce
Morse
Senate
Iro
Wreckage Identified as British Plane Missing with Secret Parts
A wrecked aircraft found on a Turkey mountain top is tentatively identified by RAF Nicosia as the missing Avro Tudor. The plane carried twelve men and vanished last Thursday while en route to Britain’s rocket range program in Australia. A ground party was dispatched to verify the find.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Turkey
Britain
Australia
Soviet Union
RAF
NLRB Sets Hearing On Unfair Practices In Coal Region
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a hearing on June 1 in London Kentucky into charges that the United Mine Workers Union has engaged in unfair labor practices. The charges were filed by eastern Kentucky coal operators whose mines have been struck for nearly two months.
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Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board Today
London
United Mine Workers Union
Eastern Kentucky
Legal Question Stalls Columbus Murder Trial
Common Pleas Judge Kenneth L. Sater weighs a legal point that could clear the way for selecting the final three jurors in David S. Smiths first degree murder trial. Ten jurors had been tentatively seated when court adjourned, with one to serve as an alternate.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Kenneth L. Sater
David S. Smith
British Criticize Montgomery Talk on U S Leadership
London papers blasted Field Marshal Montgomery for a TV interview in which he questioned American leadership and warned it could harm British American unity on the eve of East West talks. He criticized Eisenhower Dulles and Herter and spoke from Moscow after a visit.
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London
Britain
Montgomery
U.S
Mo Ke Be
PN BP
Asone
Tong Win Ln
America
Columbia Broadcasting System
Western Alliance
U. S
Moscow
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Christian A. Herter
House weighs over riding Eisenhower veto on Benson power
House Democrats await what they call their first veto override chance in six years. The Thursday vote will decide on a bill stripping farmer program lender Ezra Taft Benson of veto power over cooperative rural electric and telephone loans after Eisenhower vetoed it Monday. The Senate previously upheld the veto 64 to 29 with one Democrat breaking ranks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Northern makes maiden voyage in new vessel
The Messenger reports the new ship Northern completed its maiden voyage. Also listed are school staff updates and local weather impacts from Meigs County rain and wind.
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Gallipolis
Meigs County
Grand Jury
Athens
Glouster
Chauncey
DOROR
Sports
Nelsonville
Michigan Will Not Meet This Week's Payroll
Michigan will skip this week's payroll as funds run dry. About 325 state employees will go without pay including 144 lawmakers who have failed to resolve the fiscal emergency. Governor Williams said funds were lacking, affecting the Supreme Court justices, circuit court judges, and legislative staff.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
G. Mennen Williams
Supreme Court
Accidental Death Ruled In Scalding Of Girl
Coroner Paul Hohly ruled the death of seven year old Vonita Roubidoux accidental after an inquest. Stepmother Ritz Roubidoux testified she placed the child in a tub of hot water on April 11 as punishment for bed wetting and did not realize the water was hot enough to scald. The child was found dead in bed the next morning.
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Toledo
Vonita Roubidoux
Paul Hohly
Secret Service Seizes Plates in Counterfeit Case
Secret Service agents in Columbus confiscated plates used to counterfeit $20 bills and charged Bernard Lee Jordan of Columbus with manufacturing the engravings.
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Columbus
Secret Service
Bernard Lee Jordan
Ohio Five Day Forecast Shows Warm Period Then Cooling
Temperatures are projected 2 to 4 degrees above normal with highs around 47 to 52 and lows near 43 to 47. Expect a warm spell most days, but cooler air arrives by Monday. Rainfall totals 0.3 to 0.5 inch in showers Sunday or Monday.
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Ohio
Foundry At Pomeroy Is Closed Forever
Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co announces immediate permanent closure of its Pomeroy foundry. Foundry manager William E. Bergdahl informed 120 workers of the shutdown as the plant, oldest in Pomeroy and operated since 1921, ceases operations due to economic impossibility. Further details to follow.
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Pomeroy
M. G. Slaney
Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co
Pomeroy Foundry
William E. Bergdahl
Parkersburg
Cape Canaveral Titan ICBM Launch Delayed
A late technical fault halted the Titan ICBM test at Cape Canaveral Florida delaying the launch by hours. Officials say the issue emerged just before lift off and no deployment occurred.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
Western ministers seek Berlin peace treaty link at Geneva talks
Western foreign ministers agree to treat Berlin and a German peace treaty as a package in Geneva. They aim to coordinate positions before the East West meeting opening May 11, while the Soviet bloc backs a separate stance. Gromyko and satellites call for Berlin demilitarization as a free city, a rapid German peace accord, and East West German reunification through negotiations.
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Paris
Berlin
Geneva
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Germany
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw
Poland
West Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
Red China
Gas Pipeline Burst Triggers Evacuations Near Hollidaysburg
A 20 inch underground gasoline pipeline ruptured near Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania spilling thousands of gallons into fields and streams. Police evacuated at least 25 families as a precautionary measure.
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Hollidaysburg
Pennsylvania
Prins Willem III Becomes First Ship On Cleveland Seaway Route
The Dutch freighter Prins Willem III docked at Cleveland on Tuesday night as the first ship to reach the port via the new St. Lawrence seaway, marking a milestone in the era of the waterway’s use.
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Port of
Cleveland
Prins Willem III
St. Lawrence
Indicted state tax official tied to bribery case
Columbus suspended state tax department official Thomas A. Greiner, 36, faces a four count indictment for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes totaling about 5600 to reduce tax assessments. He allegedly cut axle mileage tax from 35000 to 7800 for a trucking firm. Prosecution withheld firm details. DiSalle named Sims Trucking Co. Chicago.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
State Tax Department
Thomas A. Greiner
Greiner
Earl W. Allison
DiSalle
Sims Trucking Co
Chicago
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Lothar Bolz
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